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Autograph letter signed with initial : place not specified, to Thomas Tyrwhitt, [1802 Apr.].

BIB_ID
356406
Accession number
MA 712.14
Creator
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806.
Display Date
[1802 Apr.].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1910.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from Lord Thurlow to Thomas Tyrwhitt relative to George IV and Queen Caroline. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Year and month of writing from contents; the letter refers to the "Debate of Wednesday and Corbett's Political Register, vol. 1, page 338, refers to the claims of the Prince of Wales being brought before the House on Wednesday, March 31 [1802].
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J. Pearson & Company, 1910.
Summary
Discussing the "Debate of Wednesday" and the actions of Mr. Sutton on behalf of the Prince; discussing the legal issues surrounding the judgment pertaining to the Prince's debts.